DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,402

GLOBE METALLURGICAL, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FERROGLOBE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
SELMA, ALABAMA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 14, 2018, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Globe Metallurgical, Inc., a subsidiary of
Ferroglobe, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, Selma, Alabama ("Globe Metallurgical"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
silicon metal which is used to enrich the properties of
aluminum in several industries including, but not limited to,
automotive, white goods (appliances), computers, cell phones,
construction and even cosmetics.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Globe Metallurgical.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Globe Metallurgical,
Inc., a subsidiary of Ferroglobe, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, Selma, Alabama, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of silicon metal
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Globe Metallurgical, Inc., a subsidiary of
Ferroglobe, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Kelly Services, Selma, Alabama, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
13, 2017, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of May 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance